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Migrant status compounds inequality for ethnic minority NHS staff, new study finds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/ethnic-minority-healthcare-workers
Ethnic minority healthcare workers who are also born overseas face a double disadvantage due to the combined effects of ethnicity and migrant status, according to new research by University of Leicester experts.
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Medical students meet best-selling author, comedian and NHS psychiatrist, Dr Benji Waterhouse
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/medical-students-benji-waterhouse-leicester
It’s not every day you get to meet a best-selling author, comedian and NHS psychiatrist, but that's what Medical with Foundation Year Students at the University of Leicester did.
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Unique collection of metal artefacts from Iron Age settlement sheds new light on prehistoric feasting rituals
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/unique-collection-of-metal-artefacts-from-iron-age-settlement-sheds-new-light-on-prehistoric-feasting-rituals
A unique collection of Iron Age metal artefacts which sheds new light on feasting rituals among prehistoric communities has been discovered by archaeologists from our University during an excavation at Glenfield Park, Leicestershire.
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Green screen technology in the Classroom
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2019/10/02/green-screen-technology-in-the-classroom/
Posted by apatel in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on October 2, 2019 The technology is now surprisingly easy to use (see below), but WHY would you want to place yourself or students in front of a different background? Purely for the fun...
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English language classes and support
https://le.ac.uk/cite/sanctuary-seekers-unit/study/applicants/english-classes-support
Access free English classes available for people from refugee backgrounds, including ESOL and scholarships for presessional English programmes in Leicester
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How video can support active learning
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2018/11/21/how-video-can-support-active-learning/
Posted by Rachel Tunstall in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on November 21, 2018 I recently attended the Panopto EMEA Annual Conference in London.
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The Platform recordings – trains, planes, automobiles and volunteers.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2020/01/28/the-platform-recordings-trains-planes-automobiles-and-volunteers/
Posted by Colin Hyde in Library Special Collections on January 28, 2020 In 1974 John Kirby and Geoff Smith started ‘Platform’, a BBC Radio Leicester series about transport.
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University's big band to stage charity gala in aid of Parkinson’s UK
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/swing-shuffle-big-band-charity-gala-parkinsons
The University of Leicester is proud to support Swing and Shuffle – a student-led charity event that promises a night of immersive music and community spirit while raising vital funds for Parkinson’s UK.
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Funding for new research centre to investigate effect of environmental exposures on health
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/january/27-nihr-funding
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has granted a £1 million development award to the University of Leicester to create a new pioneering national research centre to investigate the effect of environmental exposures on health.
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Experts to explore what a good Brexit is for city and county
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/experts-to-explore-what-a-good-brexit-is-for-city-and-county
The roadmap to Leicester and Leicestershire’s post-Brexit prosperity is to be explored at a meeting of minds organised by our University that will see professional and academic expertise, and the general public answer the question: ‘What would a good Brexit look like for...